my baby rats are soo big... they grew so fast... the have all their fur, and their eyes opened 3 dayz ago... i have 1 male n 2 females... im keeping 1 female, the other is going to a friend, and idk wut im doin w/ the 3rd yet, but it'll b a good place... when can i take the 2 that im giving away from mom?
2007-10-12 17:30:52 · 9 answers · asked by Kitten2CatL♥ver 1 in Pets ➔ Rodents
they can leave momma at four weeks, but it's best to wait until five. If you are not exactly sure on the time, remove those boys at what you think is four weeks to prevent accidental pregnancies. Rats can start reproducing at five weeks old.
This is not a date you want to stretch..five weeks - males away from females.
2007-10-12 19:08:00 · answer #1 · answered by Zoo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I personally hate to give any baby animal to a new home sooner than 8 weeks. I don't know why, but I personally feel that that time is best. I got a rat when she was four weeks old and she was tiny! So I would say that the soonest would be 5-6 weeks old.
www.xocritters.com/forums
2007-10-12 19:14:07 · answer #2 · answered by shea_shea90 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Boys should be seperated from their moms and sisters at 4/5 weeks but still kept with you til around the 6/8 week mark
The girls can stay with mom til time to go
Well done you for keeping one female to stay with the mom, shell love having the company, rats are social creatures and its truly cruel to keep one on its own, it would be like you be alone for the rest of your life, especially babies.
Is it not possible to keep all the girls together forever? great for the two babies to have someone their own age to play with when moms tired, great to keep the family together too. Then you could home the male in with peter, your male, his dad.
The older male WILL NOT kill the baby he will be grateful for some company. Especially as HE MUST NOT EVER be put back with kittie [ unless your gonna neuter him] as you will have more and more babies.
youre so lucky only to have had 3 this time, rats can have upto 20 and the females are able to get pregnant again AS SOON as she has finished giving birth. SO if peter was with her after she gave birth [i think i read ina previous question that he was] she could already be pregnant, so watch for MORE babies when these are around 3 weeks old = -(
http://www.nfrs.org/company.html
http://www.rmca.org/Resources/apair.txt
http://www.ratfanclub.org/single.html
http://www.fancy-rats.co.uk/information/faqs/
http://www.ratz.co.uk/petrat.html#How%20many%20rats
http://www.ratsrule.com/ratcare.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/pda/A572375?s_id=4
just google for many more ^_^ You wont find one that says rats should/can be kept alone EXCEPT for medical reasons
can I suggest that you join
http://www.goosemoose.com/component/option,com_smf/Itemid,118/forum,rat/
in US
or
http://fancy-rats.co.uk/community/
in UK [ please be aware this site is down for updates from 15/20/07 for 2 weeks]
where you will get great up to the minute advice from truly friendly rat experienced people
2007-10-12 21:27:56 · answer #3 · answered by Mrs RattusNorvegicus 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Five weeks, but have the boy seperated from the girlies by 4 1/2, as they are sexually mature by 5 weeks! Congratulations on your babies!
2007-10-12 21:29:14 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Between 4-5 weeks. The boy should definately be separate from the girls by 5 weeks. The girl you're keeping can stay with mama rat.
Awww, I bet they're so cute! I love watching little ones grow.
2007-10-12 17:38:15 · answer #5 · answered by Catkin 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
From what I remember about taking care of my own baby rats, I waited until they were able to eat by themselves and running around the cage, playing and stuff like that.
2007-10-12 17:37:06 · answer #6 · answered by jicour 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i've got in no way had any puppy rats, yet perhaps there's a situation with the two your lady rat's ovaries or your male rat's sperm. otherwise there could have been a situation with the start.
2016-12-18 06:11:32 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would wait till they are 3-4 weeks old. They should be eating solid food by then. :-)
2007-10-12 17:35:29 · answer #8 · answered by KityKity 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure, interesting ques tho
2007-10-12 20:36:01 · answer #9 · answered by Shuggah Pie Sweets 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋